diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ea65c3f0e4..c85648e0ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # grab all branches and tags
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
             dependency-set: upstream
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
diff --git a/changes/2811.bugfix.rst b/changes/2811.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef4e8eb7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2811.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update numcodecs to not overwrite codec configuration ever. Closes :issue:`2800`.
diff --git a/tests/test_array.py b/tests/test_array.py
index 80ff8444fc..e458ba106e 100644
--- a/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/tests/test_array.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import numcodecs
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 import zarr.api.asynchronous
 import zarr.api.synchronous as sync_api
@@ -1337,3 +1338,47 @@ async def test_orthogonal_set_total_slice() -> None:
     array = zarr.create_array(store, shape=(20, 20), chunks=(1, 2), dtype=int, fill_value=-1)
     with mock.patch("zarr.storage.MemoryStore.get", side_effect=ValueError):
         array[0, slice(4, 10)] = np.arange(6)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    Version(numcodecs.__version__) < Version("0.15.1"),
+    reason="codec configuration is overwritten on older versions. GH2800",
+)
+def test_roundtrip_numcodecs() -> None:
+    store = MemoryStore()
+
+    compressors = [
+        {"name": "numcodecs.shuffle", "configuration": {"elementsize": 2}},
+        {"name": "numcodecs.zlib", "configuration": {"level": 4}},
+    ]
+    filters = [
+        {
+            "name": "numcodecs.fixedscaleoffset",
+            "configuration": {
+                "scale": 100.0,
+                "offset": 0.0,
+                "dtype": "<f8",
+                "astype": "<i2",
+            },
+        },
+    ]
+
+    # Create the array with the correct codecs
+    root = zarr.group(store)
+    root.create_array(
+        "test",
+        shape=(720, 1440),
+        chunks=(720, 1440),
+        dtype="float64",
+        compressors=compressors,
+        filters=filters,
+        fill_value=-9.99,
+        dimension_names=["lat", "lon"],
+    )
+
+    BYTES_CODEC = {"name": "bytes", "configuration": {"endian": "little"}}
+    # Read in the array again and check compressor config
+    root = zarr.open_group(store, mode="r")
+    metadata = root["test"].metadata.to_dict()
+    expected = (*filters, BYTES_CODEC, *compressors)
+    assert metadata["codecs"] == expected